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Change byte unit format from MiByte to MiB

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@@ -427,9 +427,9 @@ possibly signed sequence of decimal numbers, each with optional
fraction and a unit suffix, such as "300ms", "-1.5h" or "2h45m". Valid
time units are "ns", "us" (or "µs"), "ms", "s", "m", "h".
Options which use SIZE use KiByte (multiples of 1024 bytes) by default.
However, a suffix of `B` for Byte, `K` for KiByte, `M` for MiByte,
`G` for GiByte, `T` for TiByte and `P` for PiByte may be used. These are
Options which use SIZE use KiB (multiples of 1024 bytes) by default.
However, a suffix of `B` for Byte, `K` for KiB, `M` for MiB,
`G` for GiB, `T` for TiB and `P` for PiB may be used. These are
the binary units, e.g. 1, 2\*\*10, 2\*\*20, 2\*\*30 respectively.
### --backup-dir=DIR ###
@@ -473,9 +473,9 @@ This option controls the bandwidth limit. For example
--bwlimit 10M
would mean limit the upload and download bandwidth to 10 MiByte/s.
would mean limit the upload and download bandwidth to 10 MiB/s.
**NB** this is **bytes** per second not **bits** per second. To use a
single limit, specify the desired bandwidth in KiByte/s, or use a
single limit, specify the desired bandwidth in KiB/s, or use a
suffix B|K|M|G|T|P. The default is `0` which means to not limit bandwidth.
The upload and download bandwidth can be specified seperately, as
@@ -483,13 +483,13 @@ The upload and download bandwidth can be specified seperately, as
--bwlimit 10M:100k
would mean limit the upload bandwidth to 10 MiByte/s and the download
bandwidth to 100 KiByte/s. Either limit can be "off" meaning no limit, so
would mean limit the upload bandwidth to 10 MiB/s and the download
bandwidth to 100 KiB/s. Either limit can be "off" meaning no limit, so
to just limit the upload bandwidth you would use
--bwlimit 10M:off
this would limit the upload bandwidth to 10 MiByte/s but the download
this would limit the upload bandwidth to 10 MiB/s but the download
bandwidth would be unlimited.
When specified as above the bandwidth limits last for the duration of
@@ -511,19 +511,19 @@ working hours could be:
`--bwlimit "08:00,512k 12:00,10M 13:00,512k 18:00,30M 23:00,off"`
In this example, the transfer bandwidth will be set to 512 KiByte/s
at 8am every day. At noon, it will rise to 10 MiByte/s, and drop back
to 512 KiByte/sec at 1pm. At 6pm, the bandwidth limit will be set to
30 MiByte/s, and at 11pm it will be completely disabled (full speed).
In this example, the transfer bandwidth will be set to 512 KiB/s
at 8am every day. At noon, it will rise to 10 MiB/s, and drop back
to 512 KiB/sec at 1pm. At 6pm, the bandwidth limit will be set to
30 MiB/s, and at 11pm it will be completely disabled (full speed).
Anything between 11pm and 8am will remain unlimited.
An example of timetable with `WEEKDAY` could be:
`--bwlimit "Mon-00:00,512 Fri-23:59,10M Sat-10:00,1M Sun-20:00,off"`
It means that, the transfer bandwidth will be set to 512 KiByte/s on
Monday. It will rise to 10 MiByte/s before the end of Friday. At 10:00
on Saturday it will be set to 1 MiByte/s. From 20:00 on Sunday it will
It means that, the transfer bandwidth will be set to 512 KiB/s on
Monday. It will rise to 10 MiB/s before the end of Friday. At 10:00
on Saturday it will be set to 1 MiB/s. From 20:00 on Sunday it will
be unlimited.
Timeslots without `WEEKDAY` are extended to the whole week. So this
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ being the non HTTP backends, `ftp`, `sftp` and `tardigrade`).
Note that the units are **Byte/s**, not **bit/s**. Typically
connections are measured in bit/s - to convert divide by 8. For
example, let's say you have a 10 Mbit/s connection and you wish rclone
to use half of it - 5 Mbit/s. This is 5/8 = 0.625 MiByte/s so you would
to use half of it - 5 Mbit/s. This is 5/8 = 0.625 MiB/s so you would
use a `--bwlimit 0.625M` parameter for rclone.
On Unix systems (Linux, macOS, …) the bandwidth limiter can be toggled by
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ change the bwlimit dynamically:
This option controls per file bandwidth limit. For the options see the
`--bwlimit` flag.
For example use this to allow no transfers to be faster than 1 MiByte/s
For example use this to allow no transfers to be faster than 1 MiB/s
--bwlimit-file 1M